The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Multimedia, Taiwo Gbamila, has taken a swipe at the Commissioner of Infrastructure, Abiola Olawoye, as well as the Commissioner for Finance, Wunmi Isaac, for allegedly frustrating the media aides of the governor from properly showcasing Aiyedatiwa’s strides.
While disclosing that Olawoye, since his appointment, has been inaccessible, Gbamila emphasised that the infrastructure commissioner’s actions have been hindering the efforts of the media aides to highlight the governor’s achievements.
The stance of the governor’s aide was in reaction to the position of Olawoye, who purportedly launched an attack on the governor’s media aides on Friday during an APC stakeholders’ meeting in Akure, the state capital.
The infrastructure commissioner had, during the meeting, alleged that the governor’s media aides were shirking their responsibilities in showcasing the ongoing projects of his ministry.
Infuriated by the development, Gbamila, in a 12-minute, 59-second video which has gone viral within the state’s social media space, stated that Olawoye and Isaac have been frustrating the governor’s media aides in their efforts to showcase and highlight Aiyedatiwa’s accomplishments.
He said, “We really don’t understand the issue Olawoye has with the media aides of the governor for him to continue to disparage them. Even when all of us were working to ensure that Aiyedatiwa emerged as the governor, you (Olawoye) were never in the picture.
“Even when you were made a commissioner, nobody got angry; we all embraced and celebrated you. But in all sincerity, Olawoye has been the one frustrating us from properly showcasing the ongoing projects of Mr Governor to the people.
“When I was made the chairman of a committee by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Ebenezer Adeniyan, to identify and showcase the works and projects of the governor, Olawoye, on a series of occasions, prevented us from seeing or having access to the project sites.
“There is absolutely no way for us to project the activities and strides of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa that your ministry (Infrastructure) will not be involved. We called you (Olawoye) on so many occasions; you never picked up your calls and ignored the messages we sent to you, even those from the CPS.
“Both you (Olawoye) and the Commissioner for Finance waged a war against the media aides. You are actually the ones running Aiyedatiwa’s government down. The Commissioner for Finance, on her part, has refused to release running grants for the media unit, which has run into nine months now. We are just dying in silence. But the two of you will always blame us for the problems that you caused.
“The CPS has been the one calming us, the media aides, from speaking out, assuring us that everything will be calmly resolved. The CPS will most of the time use his influence to source funds elsewhere to get the job done because the Commissioner for Finance has refused to release a grant to his office because of petty issues.”
Meanwhile, as of press time, Olawoye and Isaac had not reacted to the allegations, but a top cabinet member, who craved anonymity, revealed that the outburst by Gbamila, who is known to be a reserved gentleman, was due to bottled-up tension within the administration, which many appointees of Aiyedatiwa have silently complained about.